Welcome to the portal for Ballotpedia's coverage of Connecticut politics! Ballotpedia's encyclopedic coverage of Connecticut politics includes information on the local, state and federal levels, as well as state policies.

Connecticut, named after the Connecticut River, is known as "the Constitution State." Similar toRhode Island, Connecticut does not have county government. Connecticut county governments were mostly eliminated in 1960. The eastern state shares a local form of government with the rest of New England called "the New England town.

Connecticut has two members of theU.S. Senate, a total of five members of theU.S. House of Representatives, 151 members of theHouse of Representatives and 36 members of theState Senate.

State Leadership

Governor

Ned Lamont

Capital:

Hartford

Motto:

Qui transtulit sustinet

Translation:

He who is transplanted sustains

Population:

3,608,298

Land Area of State:

4,842 square miles

Admitted to U.S.:

1788

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